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Giorgio A. Tasca

Giorgio A. Tasca

D-Index & Metrics

Psychology

D-Index
49
Citations
8384
World Ranking
5726
National Ranking
393

Giorgio A. Tasca publication distribution in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Psychology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Giorgio A. Tasca sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 188 publications — 65th percentile

65% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Giorgio A. Tasca D-index placement in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Psychology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Giorgio A. Tasca sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 49 D-Index — 52nd percentile

52% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 144 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2016 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

Giorgio A. Tasca is affiliated with the University of Ottawa in Canada. Their research primarily spans the field of Psychology, with a focus on Clinical Psychology, Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and General Health Professions.

Their work addresses several main topics, including:

  • Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications
  • Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
  • Eating Disorders and Behaviors
  • Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
  • Impact of Technology on Adolescents
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Perfectionism, Procrastination, Anxiety Studies

Among their recent publications are studies such as:

  • "The reciprocal relationship between alliance and early treatment symptoms: A two-stage individual participant data meta-analysis." (2020, Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology)
  • "Insecure Attachment and Technology Addiction Among Young Adults: The Mediating Role of Impulsivity, Alexithymia, and General Psychological Distress" (2020, Cyberpsychology Behavior and Social Networking)
  • "Self-reported reflective functioning mediates the association between attachment insecurity and well-being among psychotherapists" (2020, Psychotherapy Research)
  • "Therapists' perceptions of online group therapeutic relationships during the COVID-19 pandemic: A survey-based study." (2022, Group Dynamics Theory Research and Practice)
  • "The alliance-outcome association in group interventions: A multilevel meta-analysis." (2022, Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology)

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Angelo Compare (14 coauthored works)
  • Agostino Brugnera (13 coauthored works)
  • Paul L. Hewitt (13 coauthored works)
  • Gianluca Lo Coco (12 coauthored works)
  • Stephanie A. Wiebe (11 coauthored works)

Their work has been published repeatedly in venues such as:

  • Group Dynamics Theory Research and Practice (6 publications)
  • Psychotherapy Research (4 publications)
  • PsycTESTS Dataset (4 publications)
  • Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology (3 publications)
  • Frontiers in Psychology (3 publications)

Tasca has also contributed to book publications, including a title published by the American Psychological Association:

  • Group psychodynamic-interpersonal psychotherapy. (2020)

In recognition of their professional achievements, they were named a Fellow of the American Psychological Association in 2016.

Best Publications

  • Olanzapine in the Treatment of Low Body Weight and Obsessive Thinking in Women With Anorexia Nervosa: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial

    Hany Bissada;Giorgio A Tasca;Ann Marie Barber;Jacques Bradwejn

  • Attachment and eating disorders: A review of current research

    Giorgio A. Tasca;Louise Balfour

  • Adult attachment, depression, and eating disorder symptoms: The mediating role of affect regulation strategies

    Giorgio A. Tasca;Giorgio A. Tasca;Giorgio A. Tasca;Leah Szadkowski;Vanessa Illing;Anne Trinneer

  • Attachment scales predict outcome in a randomized controlled trial of two group therapies for binge eating disorder: An aptitude by treatment interaction

    Giorgio A. Tasca;Kerri Ritchie;Gretchen Conrad;Louise Balfour

  • A meta-analysis of the relation between therapeutic alliance and treatment outcome in eating disorders

    Tiffany A. Graves;Nassim Tabri;Heather Thompson-Brenner;Debra L. Franko

  • Changes in Relationship-Specific Attachment in Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy

    Melissa Burgess Moser;Susan M. Johnson;Tracy L. Dalgleish;Marie-France Lafontaine

  • An interpersonally based model of chronic pain: An application of attachment theory

    Samuel F. Mikail;Peter R. Henderson;Giorgio A. Tasca

  • Attachment insecurity predicts eating disorder symptoms and treatment outcomes in a clinical sample of women

    Vanessa Illing;Giorgio A. Tasca;Louise Balfour;Hany Bissada

  • Implications of attachment theory and research for the assessment and treatment of eating disorders.

    Giorgio A. Tasca;Kerri Ritchie;Louise Balfour

  • Internalization of the thin and muscular body ideal and disordered eating in adolescence: the mediation effects of body esteem.

    Martine F. Flament;Erin M. Hill;Annick Buchholz;Katherine Henderson

  • Predicting Change in Marital Satisfaction Throughout Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy

    Tracy L. Dalgleish;Susan M. Johnson;Melissa Burgess Moser;Marie-France Lafontaine

  • Multilevel modeling of longitudinal data for psychotherapy researchers: I. The basics

    Giorgio A. Tasca;Robert Gallop

  • Cognitive effects of chemotherapy in breast cancer patients: a dose-response study.

    Barbara Collins;Joyce MacKenzie;Giorgio A. Tasca;Giorgio A. Tasca;Carole Scherling

  • Attachment Predicts Treatment Completion in an Eating Disorders Partial Hospital Program Among Women With Anorexia Nervosa

    Giorgio A Tasca;Daniel Taylor;Kerri Ritchie;Louise Balfour

  • The relationship between attachment scales and group therapy alliance growth differs by treatment type for women with binge-eating disorder.

    Giorgio A. Tasca;Louise Balfour;Kerri Ritchie;Hany Bissada

  • The reciprocal relationship between alliance and early treatment symptoms: A two-stage individual participant data meta-analysis.

    Christoph Flückiger;Julian Rubel;A. C. Del Re;Adam O. Horvath

  • Is Anorexia Nervosa a Disorder of the Self? A Psychological Approach.

    Federico Amianto;Georg Northoff;Giovanni Abbate Daga;Secondo Fassino

  • Attachment insecurity mediates the relationship between childhood trauma and eating disorder psychopathology in a clinical sample: a structural equation model.

    Giorgio A. Tasca;Kerri Ritchie;Kerri Ritchie;Fotini Zachariades;Genevieve Proulx

  • What clinicians want: findings from a psychotherapy practice research network survey.

    Giorgio A. Tasca;John Sylvestre;Louise Balfour;Livia Chyurlia

  • Integrative Psychotherapy Works

    Cristina Zarbo;Giorgio Angelo Tasca;Francesco Cattafi;Angelo Compare

  • Multilevel modeling of longitudinal data for psychotherapy researchers: II. The complexities.

    Robert Gallop;Robert Gallop;Giorgio A. Tasca;Giorgio A. Tasca

Frequent Co-Authors

Angelo Compare
Angelo Compare University of Bergamo
Paul L. Hewitt
Paul L. Hewitt University of British Columbia
Susan M. Johnson
Susan M. Johnson University of Ottawa
Gianluca Lo Coco
Gianluca Lo Coco University of Palermo
Shawn D. Aaron
Shawn D. Aaron Ottawa Hospital
John S. Ogrodniczuk
John S. Ogrodniczuk University of British Columbia
Marie-France Lafontaine
Marie-France Lafontaine University of Ottawa
Anthony S. Joyce
Anthony S. Joyce University of Alberta
Jonathan B. Angel
Jonathan B. Angel University of Ottawa
Robert Gallop
Robert Gallop West Chester University

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